Chicago Tribune - U.S. stocks fell for a second day, pushing the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest two-day drop since March, on concern that inflation is accelerating. Home Depot Inc., the largest home-improvement retailer, led the Dow Jones Industrial Details

Knoxville News Sentinel - Teams of local contractors will be pitted against one another in a friendly “build-off” competition Saturday morning, with the fruits of their labor benefiting another Knoxville-area team. The WNOX NewsTalk 100.3 FM home improvement program Rick’s Details

MSN MoneyCentral - Larry Stone is president and COO of Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW), the home improvement retailer based in Mooresville, N.C. Findlay Township-based Dick’s (NYSE:DKS) also said board members Emanuel Chirico and Walter Rossi were re-elected to three year terms. Details

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